Family | GERANIACEAE |
Genus species | Sarcocaulon multifidum (E.Mey.) R.Knuth |
Bibliography | Pflanzenr. [H.G.A.Engler, ed,] IV. 129: 312 (1912) |
Native Range | n. Cape Prov. to Namibia |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-90m |
Description | branchlets 1-2cm in diameter, leaves broadly ovate, 8-24mm, puberulent, usually without spines, petioles persistent, flowers with dark red patches in throat |
Size | 6-20cm |
Color | pale rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | succulent subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 21-24°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Monsonia multifida E.Mey. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia) |